Okay, so today I wanted to mess around with baseball stats, specifically this “MVR” thing I kept hearing about. I’m not a huge baseball expert, but I like playing around with numbers, so I figured, why not?
Digging In
First, I needed to figure out what MVR even is. Turns out, it stands for something like “Modified Value Ratio”. Seems important, right? Well, I needed some data to work with. I already knew where can get them.
So I grabbed the stats for some players. I just wanted to mess with this stuff myself and calculate it, not just read about it, you know?
The Process
Alright, so I started plugging numbers into a spreadsheet. It was a bit of a mess at first. I had columns for all sorts of things: runs, hits, walks, all that jazz. Then, I started trying to figure out the formula for MVR. I searched a bit about it.
Honestly, the math part was a bit of a headache. I’m more of a “learn by doing” kind of guy, so I just started trying different combinations of stats. After some trial and error (and a few wrong turns), I think I got a handle on it.
It’s basically about weighing those different contributions. It’s not enough to just look at the numbers, I wanted to actually calculate something myself!
Putting It Together
It wasn’t super pretty at first. My spreadsheet looked like a monster. But, after fiddling around, and looking at the numbers and playing with the equations, I feel I get the hang of the calculation!
I’m still not 100% sure I’m doing it perfectly, but hey, that’s part of the fun, right? It’s about exploring and learning. And who knows, maybe I’ll even get good enough at this to impress my friends with my newfound baseball stat knowledge. Or, at least, I can now say that I made my own calculator!
